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in thread Where to find info on low level perl internals names?

I defy you to find one modern usage -- outside of a dictionary definition -- of the word 'glob' to mean "amorphous lump".

What? It's in the OED. Perhaps it's more prevalent in the US than on your island, but it's an active word with around a century of usage; etymologically it appears to be a combination of "globe" and "blob".

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Re^13: Where to find info on low level perl internals names?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 27, 2011 at 03:08 UTC
    It's in the OED

    outside of a dictionary definition

    with around a century of usage; etymologically it appears to be a combination of "globe" and "blob".

    I already read that definition.

    it's an active word

    Proof?

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      How about half a million results on google for glob of goo?

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